Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.570

v1.c18.570

2. Jetavana.—A monastery in Anurādhapura, situated in the Jotivana (*q.v.*) and founded by Mahāsena at the instigation of a monk named Tissa of the Dakkhiṇārāma. The monks of the Mahāvihāra protested against this and Jetavana was later given to them.¹ Attached to the vihāra is a large thūpa. The work was completed by Sirimeghavaṇṇa.² Dāthāpabhuti held in the vihāra the ceremony in honour of the Dhammadhātu,³ while Mahānāga gave to it the village of Vasabha in Uddhagāma and three hundred fields, to ensure a necessary supply of rice gruel to the monks.⁴ Aggabodhi II. crowned the thūpa with a lightning conductor (*cumbaṭa*),⁵ Jeṭṭhatissa I. gave for its maintenance the village of Goṇḍigāma,⁶ and Aggabodhi III. bestowed on it the Mahāmaṇikagāma.⁷ Potthasāta, senāpati of Aggabodhi IV., built in the vihāra the Aggabodhi-pariveṇa,⁸ and Aggabodhi IX. made a golden image to be placed in the shrine-room.⁹ Sena I.